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February 20th, 2006   #461
zander_0633
 
 
Over Berlin by the RSAF?



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February 21st, 2006   #462
Fox
 
 
It should be Berlin and civilian killed were umm thousands?


I shall return-

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February 21st, 2006   #463
zander_0633
 
 
I think so too!
 
February 21st, 2006   #464
boris116
 
 
11/12 May (1940)- 19 Hampdens and 18 Whitleys bomb road and rail targets in München-Gladbach - the first raid on a German town. 2 Hampdens and 1 Whitley lost; 4 people killed.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/diary_france.html
 
February 21st, 2006   #465
redcoat
 
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by boris116
11/12 May (1940)- 19 Hampdens and 18 Whitleys bomb road and rail targets in München-Gladbach - the first raid on a German town. 2 Hampdens and 1 Whitley lost; 4 people killed.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/diary_france.html
That is indeed the first raid on a German town or city by the RAF, in which civilians were killed.
However, somebody bombed a German town or city, and killed civilians a few days before the RAF.
So who, and where was it


If in doubt...... Panic!!!!!!!!
 
February 22nd, 2006   #466
boris116
 
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by redcoat
That is indeed the first raid on a German town or city by the RAF, in which civilians were killed.
However, somebody bombed a German town or city, and killed civilians a few days before the RAF.
So who, and where was it
The only thing I have found so far was a bombing of the German city of Ohlau( now Olawa - in Poland) by one plane(PZL.23 KARAS) on September 2nd, 1939.
However, I couldn't find any casualty records for this event.

The blizkrieg has started on May 10th, 1940

Who could make a raid before that, besides RAF and the Germans themselves(friendly fire?)
 
February 22nd, 2006   #467
redcoat
 
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by boris116
The only thing I have found so far was a bombing of the German city of Ohlau( now Olawa - in Poland) by one plane(PZL.23 KARAS) on September 2nd, 1939.
However, I couldn't find any casualty records for this event.
I know of this event, but I've also no reports of any civilian casualties with this attack either
Quote:
The blizkrieg has started on May 10th, 1940

Who could make a raid before that, besides RAF and the Germans themselves(friendly fire?)
You are getting very close

Last edited by redcoat; February 22nd, 2006 at 10:33..
 
February 22nd, 2006   #468
boris116
 
 
Freiburg, May10 1940
German planes got lost and bombed this German city by mistake, 53 casualties.
Goebbels had blamed it on the French...
 
February 22nd, 2006   #469
redcoat
 
 

Quote:
Originally Posted by boris116
Freiburg, May10 1940
German planes got lost and bombed this German city by mistake, 53 casualties.
Goebbels had blamed it on the French...
Correct, they later used this attack as an excuse for their attacks on French towns and cities.

In fact it was bombed by He 111's of the Luftwaffe who thought they were bombing Muhlhausen in Alsace. ( what with Rotterdam and later London, the Germans seemed to have had a problem with 'accidental' bombing in this period)

your turn, boris116
 
February 23rd, 2006   #470
zander_0633
 
 
haha! Was it their radio? or radar problem? Or is it simply the Pilots could not read a map properly?